/tags/blockchain/ Recent content in Blockchain on Liangrun Da's website Hugo -- gohugo.io en Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:02:05 +0200 /posts/cap-blockchain/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:02:05 +0200 /posts/cap-blockchain/ I came across some articles 1 and lectures 2 that use the CAP theorem to explain the blockchain. I don’t think it is a good idea. The CAP theorem is a very specific theorem that is proved in a very specific context. It is not a general theorem that can be applied to any distributed system. The CAP theorem came from this paper. The theorem is proved in a very restricted context, where a distributed read-write register is used for the model.